Community-based disaster risk and vulnerability models of a coastal municipality in Bangladesh

Natural Hazards

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 2083-2103

  Islam, Md Nazrul ^a,b   Malak, Md Abdul ^c   Islam, M Nazrul ^a  

^a JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c JAGANNATH UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Adaptation strategies; Bangladesh; Community risk mapping; Hazard prioritization; Vulnerability assessment

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; FLOODING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VULNERABILITY;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 84888638184     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-013-0796-6     Document Type: Article

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